Definitions for GIGgɪg
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
giggɪg(n.; v.)gigged, gig•ging.
(n.)a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
Category: Transportation
a light boat rowed with four, six, or eight long oars.
Category: Nautical, Navy
something that whirls.
(v.i.)to ride in a gig.
Origin of gig:
1200–50; ME gigge, gig flighty girl; akin to Dan gig top
giggɪg(n.; v.)gigged, gig•ging.
(n.)a device, commonly four hooks secured back to back, for dragging through a school of fish to hook them through the body.
a spearlike device with a long, thick handle, used for spearing fish and frogs.
(v.t.)to catch or spear (a fish or frog) with a gig.
(v.i.)to catch fish or frogs with a gig.
Origin of gig:
1715–25; shortened from fishgig, var. of fizgig a kind of harpoon
giggɪg(n.; v.)gigged, gig•ging.
(n.)a military demerit.
(v.t.)to give a gig to.
Origin of gig:
1940–45; orig. uncert.
gig*gɪg(n.; v.)gigged, gig•ging.
(n.)a single professional engagement, usu. of short duration, as of jazz or rock musicians.
Category: Music and Dance
any job, esp. one of short or uncertain duration.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Music and Dance
(v.i.)to work as a musician, esp. in a single engagement.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Music and Dance
* Slang..
Origin of gig:
1925–30; orig. uncert.
Princeton's WordNet
gig(noun)
long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance(noun)
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig(noun)
a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting
gig(noun)
tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
gig(noun)
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
gig(noun)
a booking for musicians
"they played a gig in New Jersey"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
gig(noun)ɪg
a unit of computer memory equal to about a billion bytes
I added 60 gig of memory.
Webster Dictionary
Gig(noun)
a fiddle
Gig(verb)
to engender
Gig(noun)
a kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig
Gig(verb)
to fish with a gig
Gig(noun)
a playful or wanton girl; a giglot
Gig(noun)
a top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play
Gig(noun)
a light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise
Gig(noun)
a long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig
Gig(noun)
a rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth
The New Hacker's Dictionary
gig
[SI] See quantifiers.
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